Cruise ships keep getting bigger and bigger, but the delicate historic sights of Europe and the Caribbean remain the same size. When locals complain about overtourism, cruise ships are a huge part of that. But there's a way to know in advance how many cruise ships will be in port at the same time. When fully…
These are boom times for cruises. Demand has surpassed where it was before the pandemic, according to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), with nearly 35 million passengers estimated to have set sail in 2024, up from an already staggering 31.7 million in 2023. The surge is expected to continue in 2025, and an increasingly…
Lost in the threshing machine of more momentous news headlines this week was the outcome of a referendum in Bar Harbor, Maine, that portends deepening complications for cruise passengers. The port of Bar Harbor is used by the major cruise lines as the landing point for excursions to glorious Acadia National Park. On Tuesday, Bar Harbor…
Miami's beautiful beaches tend to hog the attention when it comes to Miami #vacationgoals. That love is well-deserved, but a handful of new hotels in downtown Miami, a few miles across Biscayne Bay, are giving visitors to the Magic City, a few more reasons to stay off the beach.
For cruisers, staying downtown can be…
Some places lose their charm when they're inundated with cruise ship passengers. Use these tools to know when the quiet days are.
Now you see them, now you don’t. Like flash mobs, cruise crowds can seemingly pop out of nowhere, flooding down gangplanks and transforming serene port…